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Hello, hello. This is Sister Anne. You stay, and welcome back to Let Love Podcast for the Sisters of Life. This is Sister Mary Test. It's a real gift to be back and to be talking today about, "Let Love Give You Peace." Amen. Something we all long for, one of the deepest desires of the human heart.
Tell me about it, Sister. Yeah, I mean, I think it's, it's the one thing, actually, that if we don't have, nothing else matters, in a way. Yeah. You know, like it's like, it's we're all, we're in a, not wearing tossed up. It is the kind of the linchpin of life, of the good life. It's true. I think it's kind of like water, you know, like for the body, it's kind of like water for the soul. This peace. Yeah. And a soul feels right when it, when it's in peace, right? I mean, I don't know. I mean, anyone ever still in your peace before, Sister? You know, the devil tries. But actually, I remember this one story. I was going to Costco to shop. It was Ash Wednesday, which is probably one of the worst days to shop at Costco. You know, there's the fast of the church, so you're very hungry for the free samples. Oh, the first sample is really the beautiful smells. And and so going to Costco, I think I wasn't looking at the nuts and had my ashes from from Mass. And this little old lady comes up to me. She looks at me. She's shorter than me. She looks at me. She goes, "Oh, you have ashes." And she proceeds to take her thumb and wipe at the ashes off my head and put them on her head and walk away. And I was like, "What? She stole my ashes?" My jaw literally dropped. Um, but, you know, she didn't steal my peace. Sister, I was able to to laugh. Join it. But it's hysterical. It's hysterical. But it, you know, a lot of things trying to steal our peace, and yeah, I didn't let that one. But I think it's, yeah, it's true that my friend was looking for it, though. Like, I'm sure you've had two encounters. It, you know, you know, I would have to say, living in New York City, it's probably the question I get most often. Mmm. Actually, there was a member of all time. I was walking on the Upper East Side and I came across these movers. So they were moving someone out of an apartment. And one of them was taking a little bit of a break, you know, so he was just sitting on the side of the sidewalk. And I have to tell you, he was one of the biggest guys I've ever seen. Um, like at least six foot six. Wow. Huge guy. He's the guy you want on your team to help you. And and, you know, probably, you know, pretty tough looking. And again, I, I love smiling and everybody, so I just kind of smiled and nodded as I walked by. And he just said, "Sister," he's like, "Do you have a second?" Mmm. I'm like, "Absolutely." Yeah, brother, I do. And I just sat next to him. And and he just, he asked that question, Sister, "Is peace possible? You know, where do you get it? Where do you find it?" And it, and it was just, I guess, unexpected. And yet, there we were, honestly, like brother and sister, sitting on the side of the street, swapping our own faith stories, and weeping, honestly. Like the conversation and, and really exchanging Christ, actually, in that encounter, and sharing that gift, recovering a sense of Christ's presence in our lives. And in that, just finding such peace. So we kind of found the very thing while he was looking for. And yeah, please God, I carry with me through the grace of my own life. But yeah, I'll never forget him. A beautiful encounter. But I think harkens to the reality that we're all desirous of this gift of peace. And, you know, God is love. And if we want to let love give us peace, we we turn to him. Mmm. The source. And as the great giver. As Christians, it's been given. And how do we claim this thing? Amen. I will. I would. I am so excited to talk about this. It's gonna be awesome. Well, do you want to kick us off with a prayer, Sister? I'd love to.
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Come, Holy Spirit. Come, Lord Jesus. Lord, we thank you and bless you for your goodness. Lord, you are the Prince of Peace. You promised us peace. We ask you, Lord, to fill us right now with your presence, your peace, your joy. Lord, help us to know your goodness, but also your desire for our happiness. And Lord, we turn over to you right now any places in our hearts that are lacking peace, any relationships, any situations in our life. We ask you to be present there. We entrust ourselves to you and to our Blessed Mother, as we pray: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Our Lady, Queen of Peace. My friends.
Okay, so, um, what is peace, Sister? Wow. It's the million-dollar question, Sister. Well, I think first, I think there's two factors to peace. One, there's an absence of conflict, right? Or an absence of war, or an absence of kind of things that shake up. You know, I think the dictionary says freedom from disturbance or tranquility, right? Nice. So, there's kind of that kind of sense of absence of those things. But actually, and especially the Christian understanding of peace, peace is a presence. Mmm. Because only, it's the presence of someone, capital S, because only actually Jesus could bring true peace. Wow. Right? So, it's, um, yeah, both an absence and a presence, but it's what fulfills us ultimately, you know, and what our hearts are created for, for that peace.
What I love that. So it's someone. Mmm-hmm. And in a sense, this presence that is with us. And it's kind of discovering him in our midst. And while, and I love thinking about this in terms of scripture, because if we look at the Word of God, it's a great place to go to to begin to understand this promise, this gift, this presence within our lives. Even to just to think that Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled." Right? It was actually a command. It wasn't an invitation. That Jesus is saying, "Don't let your hearts be troubled." Right? Um, what a profound, bold thing to say to the human person who, I have to tell you, yeah, it's easy. I have a thousand good reasons. I think actually they're probably not good, but I have a thousand reasons. Yeah, that I, I could lose my peace totally in this moment. And here is a God, right, who is saying, "Do not let your hearts be troubled." Isn't it amazing? Because it's like, I look at my life and it's like, okay, I failed here, and this person was mean to me here, and my financial troubles, and I can't do this thing, and the list goes on, right? Amen. I'm discouraged about this. And it's like, of course, these are, you know, valid reasons because you're saying we think to lose our peace. But the kind of radical claim of Christ's and command. I love that you say that, actually, "Do not let your hearts be troubled." Mmm-hmm. It's, I mean, he's speaking with us, so were t their authority. And while he's backed it up, yeah, in the sense that this is one of the first gifts, mmm-hmm, he gave his disciples after his resurrection, right? And I think it's in the resurrection we lean into that mystery that this command is fair for Christ to to give us. In a sense that he showed them his hands, his wounded side. Listen, my dear disciples, peace. Like, in a sense of, whatever you've got, whatever your suffering, whatever, wherever you're burdened by, what are, wherever you suffer death, wherever you suffer and suffer, there is a power that is greater, and it has been won for you. Mmm-hmm. And let me in, basically, don't let your hearts be troubled. Yeah. Turn to me. Yeah. And that's what he says, "Come." Yeah. Come without, you don't need money, you don't need nothing. Just come. Just turn your mind, turn your heart in here to gaze upon me, to gaze upon my wounded side, to praise your troubles in my sacred heart, and let me consume them all with my love. Wow.
As you're speaking, Sister, my mom, I'm moved. Like, it's, I want that. We all, I think we all want that. You know, and it makes me think of even there's a scripture from John 14, right? He says, "My peace I leave with you." This is before his passion. "My peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. And this is really interesting. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Let your hearts, let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid." It's like his peace actually, it's different. It's it's different. It's deeper. It's alive. Because his peace is not just, I'm in a hammock on a nice day with no work, and all my relationships are going well. That's not, I mean, that's nice, but that's not his peace. Mmm. His peace is solid and alive and in our midst. Yeah. And something that can't be touched, actually, by anything of this world.
Well, Sister. Mmm-hmm. So it's possible. He's as possible wherever I am. Mmm. Whatever I'm looking at. Mmm-hmm. Whatever I'm carrying. Real things. But, you know, actually, it reminds me of a funny story. Yeah. So, oh, you're gonna have to stick with me. So my sister, back in the day, regularly was a babysitter for these three kids. And she, one time, she wasn't able to to babysit these kids. And so she asked her older brother, who was 16, and I would say, not your ideal babysitter. So he didn't babysit, probably a little reckless at times and such and so forth. So she, she's like, "Listen, you'll get a few bucks." And he's like, "Fine, I'll do it for the money. I'll go and I'll take care of the kids for you." So my brother went. He came back, and everything seemed peaceful, fine. Until the next time this family called for a babysitter. But they didn't ask for my sister. They asked for my brother. Yeah. Right? My sister was like, "Okay, what the heck? Like, how did you steal my babysitting charges? Like, this is crazy." And my brother told her, he's like, "Listen, it was easy." And she's like, "What did you do?" And so he said, "This is all I did. I went. I sat the kids down as soon as I got there. And I said, 'All right, if you can make me a sandwich using anything you can find in the refrigerator, anything, anything you can find that I can't eat, you can stay up as late as you want. But if I eat it, then you have to go to bed, then do what I tell you.'" So these kids happily spent the next hour building this giant, most disgusting sandwich you've ever seen. Like, you can just imagine what's in the average refrigerator, right? And then they watch my brother eat every single last bit. And then they went to bed, happily defeated. And this is what I would encourage, actually. Like, build the sandwich. Make that sandwich. Fill it with your worries, your anxieties, your fears. Name them. Shake them out on the table. Build that sandwich. And then push it towards the Lord, because the Lord is like, "Bring it. Let me consume it with my love, with my mercies." Because it's, and it's real. And even if you're suffering, remain suffering. Yeah. I want to come in there with you. That in a sense, I can, I can have peace because Jesus Christ is peace himself. He's the Prince of Peace. And if he, if I can give him permission to enter into my life, enter into my stuff, all of a sudden, those places will be transformed. And I don't know. I like to think of that story. Sister, I love that story. He's his appetite for our stuff is way bigger than even the teenage boy. Yeah. And there's amazing, amazing. But it's like, I love it because it's like there's nothing he can't handle. Like, I mean, like you're saying, the biggest worries, biggest concerns, the smallest, whatever. It's like he wants to take it because he, he, he knows we don't need to carry it. He's got it.
Well, even, Sister, listen to this scripture. It's in Matthew, and it's a little long, but like, allow yourself to sink into it because it's just stunning. What a promise is stitched into the Word of God. It says, "Your heavenly Father knows what you need. It continues, that is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and how you are to close it. Isn't life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the sky. They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they are? But which of you can add any time to your life by worrying? And why do you worry about clothing? Look how the lilies of the field grow. They neither work nor spin, yet I assure you that not even Solomon in all his glory was robed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not clothe you much better? Oh, you of little faith. So do not worry, saying, 'What will he eat? What will we drink? Or what will we wear?' It is the Gentiles who their hearts and all these things. Your heavenly Father knows you need them." It's beautiful, isn't it? It's so beautiful. As the Father knows. He knows. And to let ourselves be carried by him, held by him. Mmm-hmm. Taken care of, fathered by him. And every, everything about our life is significant to him. Mmm. Everything matters to him. Wow. You know, and he's, he's also, I mean, we mentioned this in another episode, but he's good. He wants to fight for his children. Mmm-hmm. Against anything that will take away our peace, right? Like, there's a great, actually, another scripture in Leviticus, which is perhaps lesser read, but it says, you know, "I will give you, I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down and none will make you afraid. I will rid the land of evil beasts. You know, the sword will not go through your leg." Who says that? That's a good father who loves his children. Mmm-hmm. You know, and won't stand for anything robbing them of that peace. It's beautiful. It reminds me of Psalm 23. Mmm. "The Lord is my shepherd." Mmm-hmm. And as I think about it, though, it's like, okay, great. Like, these are beautiful words, but how do I get them into my heart? Especially, and I guess, I don't know, when I think about it, three things come to mind because I think every day it's a battle. Mmm. It's a battle. They do, Sister. And, and I would say, what are some of my big wins against not letting those little foxes steal my, steal my peace? Um, because I think first, it's naming. What are the big culprits? Mmm. I think actually taking time to name, okay, these are the top three peace dealers in my life. And naming them is actually growing in the facility to claim. Let Jesus claim them so that they can be tamed. Sorry about the right. Name them. Let Jesus claim that, right? So that they can be tamed, right? Yeah. And actually, to be honest, like in Genesis, God gave us the authority to name the creatures, right? There's a power and authority to naming something. And we can, we can even recognize, whatever, you know, these three things that are causing you to steal my peace, or we're just even the fact, like, aha, the evil one, there he is again. He's trying to take my peace. To name it, just say it. You're already, you've already won the battle right there. There it is. Yeah. There it is. To name it. Mmm-hmm. Turn it over to Jesus. Jesus, what do you want to do with this? What's your word to me here? And allowing it to be tamed, which that would bring number two. Mmm-hmm. Is actually prayer. It's like this capacity within the stride of your day to pull back. Because I know that a huge place that I often trip is that I get over-involved, right? I jump into the tumbleweed, and there I go, shooting down Main Street in this tumbleweed, and I lose my, my ground, basically. I lose facility and being able to with perspective, acknowledge what it is that's bothering me, chasing me, disturbing me. And so it's like pulling back, taking a miracle minute, pulling back with the Lord, and allowing him to shepherd, allowing him to father, allowing him to save, letting God be God. But actually, it's a discipline I have to live in. Stepping back, right? Not putting my hands in the pot, right?
Well, to be honest, it actually reminds me a little bit of, um, poison ivy experiences. Here in the poison ivy, and you know, it's, you don't know you've touched it, but then when you realize it's like, you're trying to fix it. But actually, what the best thing is, you actually need to be to let the shoes be washed, the sheets be washed. Like, you don't, yeah, when I keep keep touching those, you know, where that oil is, because it's gonna make it worse and worse. And all of a sudden, you're, you're aflame with rash, a terrible itching pain. But it's true. It's kind of like the more we, we try to do it on our own, or restless, or to figure it out, the more terrible it gets. You know, and here it is, Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled." Okay. Mmm-hmm. All right, Jesus. Um, I'm gonna turn to you. Yeah. I'm gonna bank. Yeah. Get on that, that word, promise, that invitation, that coming. Yeah. And I think that would be kind of number three, is standing your ground. Mmm-hmm. Like, standing where in the covenant that the real covenant that I have been established in through my baptism, which is one of love. It's one that's forever. And it's one that I have, I have but to actually the greatest power of simply like proposing in it, acknowledging it, and that in itself will will give space to letting God be God, letting love now into to whatever it is that I've been swimming in. So it's almost like pulling back, but also accessing and turning my eyes to to claim the gift that I have. Just a thought. I don't know if you have any quick, quick thoughts or your tricks in the trade.
Tricks in the trade. Why I love it, Sister. And I think, kind of a joint aspect to that, too, is is the reality that it's in His will that I find peace. You know, in His will is our peace. What does that mean, exactly? Right? Like, you know, we'd often people talk about God's will, God's will. It's like, okay, but actually, it's there's a couple of different layers to it. Kind of like, first of all, we're made. Like, we're kind of hardwired for life in love, right? And anything less than then what we're made for, true life, true love, is not only not gonna satisfy, it's gonna wound and confuse us and hurt us, right? It's like everyone's mentioning, like, what, you know, what we eat matters. It affects our body. If I'm eating junk, it's gonna affect my system. It's gonna affect my intestines and all those other things inside of me. You know, but it's like, it's there's a, there's a law of the body, but also the law of the heart. And it matters. And so living in His will, actually, is is kind of allowing ourselves to to live in accordance with the happiness He made us for. Mmm-hmm. And when we don't do that, we feel it, right? So this could be, for example, like, I'm on a moral level, yeah. Alright, certain things that, you know, like meet other ten commandments, other things. But if I'm living in such a way, kind of that I know is not in accord with what God wants, you know, some kind of uncharity or whatever, different things with life and love that's, yeah, not what God has kind of desired for us, it's, it's gonna, I'll never, I'll never be able to get peace, actually, if I'm living in that place of sin, because it's completely contradictory to my own person. Mmm. You know, like, I'm, yeah, soon lets us down. It does. Yeah, it does. We're not made for it. No. It lies about who we are. Yeah. And it actually, it makes us settle for much worse than, mmm-hmm, than less, actually. And so I think one is kind of looking and just encouraging all of us, but to make it really an examination of conscience. What are the ways that I'm maybe habits I've lived in, err decisions I've made, that I'm living in that are not in accordance with God's plan for life in love or my happiness? And, and, you know, maybe I need to pray for courage to look at those places and address them, and to let love in there, and let love, kind of, you know, even if I can't even lift my head, let him lift my head and turn him, you know, turn it back. Amen. But yeah.
Oh, it's beautiful. In these wills, our peace. And I hear you. Yeah. Choosing for the things that we've been made for, the good things that we've been made for, truth, beauty, goodness, avoiding sin, living in goodwill towards ourselves, with our reverence towards ourselves and to our brothers and sisters. One, even it, it reminds me of kind of the hard choice sometimes, but the beautiful choice of of choosing for and in a way to maintain and to hold peace deep in our hearts. I don't know if you've ever heard of Jerome Lejeune. I have. He is, his cause is open for canonization. He's the father of modern genetics. He died just in 1994, so he's really a man of our times. But just, I'm gonna, in length, actually tell you what about his life, because he speaks so powerfully to at what you're speaking to, Sister, that God's, as we follow God's will, as we choose for, mmm-hmm, the good things and His unfolding of love in our lives, it honors us and it fills us, even in the trials and the challenges and the heart. Yes, it can cost, but actually, it gains for us what we truly desire. So he was a scientist and a doctor in France. He was a father of five. He had a beautiful wife. And he actually discovered the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome. Wow. So yes, it was a huge discovery at the time. And because, anyway, for many reasons, and he had even discovered six more chromosomal anomalies, which were huge. And actually, his contributions easily would have put him on the top of the list to receive a Nobel Prize, right? Because I mean, these are huge advances, right? But something happened in the late '60s. There was a popular TV program that aired this debate on questioning, you know, "Should we abort children with Down syndrome or with adverse prenatal diagnosis?" And since this was the dawn when those things were just, we were just gaining traction towards being able to discover them. And the next day, he went into work. So Jerome had seen this, but he went into work. And one of his patients was ten-year-old Pierre, who had Down syndrome. And he had come in for an appointment, and he was crying. And his mother shared with Jerome, he said, "You know, he watched the debate on TV last night." And this little child, ten years old, threw his arms around Dr. Lejeune's neck and he said to him, "They want to kill us. You've got to defend us. We're just too weak and we don't know how." At that moment, Jerome was cut to the heart. And he, what he knew is that he had to dedicate his life to protect the gift of life of this little one. And, you know, all those like him. You know, that there was an inherent dignity that they carried and a sacredness to their lives. So he went about actually seeking a cure for the disease. And actually was quite unsettled and horrified to know that his discovery originally was leading then to them, you know, being prenatal diagnosis and leading to termination of pregnancy, rights. And so he even was invited to the United Nations to speak. And he actually used that opportunity to invite this reform and to invite an openness to referencing the sacred dignity of all human life, and especially in the issues of life, which again, are delicate and difficult. And, and he wrote that night to his wife, and he said, "Today, I lost my Nobel Prize." He knew that it cost him, in a sense, the worldly recognition of his accomplishments. But in a sense, he knew what he'd gained is is that peace of doing God's will and following after the Lord's invitation and the gifts that God had given them and honoring the Lord in and through them. Mmm-hmm. And some of his last words before he died, he, he basically shared with a friend, "I've given those with Down syndrome, those like maybe suffering from adverse prenatal diagnosis, I had given them my life, and my life is all I had." And he felt like he didn't give them enough. And he died on Easter Sunday. Oh my God. And told a priest just before he died, he said, "I've never betrayed my faith." People say he was one of the most joyful, he's filled people that they've ever met. He radiated peace, radiated joy, and was an incredible man, an incredible man who lived for this truth that God had revealed to his heart, stayed true to it. It cost him dearly on many levels, professionally and, and otherwise. And yet, he's, his cause is now open. So it's incredible. Sustainable. It's a powerful story. I mean, what a beautiful man. Mmm-hmm. And just the witness of, like, look at, look at this. I mean, in our world, what is one of the most prestigious awards on the planet, right? The Nobel Peace Prize, right? Like, if you've gotten that, you kind of like made it, yeah, right? Like, hands down, like, for sure. And it's interesting, it's like the Nobel Peace Prize, and it's all worth it, yeah, for him to speak truth, just speak according to God's will, in order to gain the deeper peace, the greater peace. It's such a powerful testimony and I think a witness to to each of us, right? Because we, we all get in situations in our life where there's there's a battle, and there's maybe a temptation to compromise in whatever way, right? And it's like, and we know, and I think in our lives too, that we all kind of know the experience of when we have compromised, and the experience of it eating at us, or, you know, whatever that is. And, and to be honest, I think this is reflected in a lot of, a lot of the world, because you, the search up peace, or, you know, ask people, and they're looking for inner peace. Right? This is even one of the main facets of Kung Fu Panda, right? Inner peace. But, but we know, like, when we've compromised, and we don't have it. And just the witness of Jerome Lejeune to to not compromise. Amen. And the treasure that he that he retained. Yeah. And even in a sense, I love it. In Christianity, there are no dead ends. So it's like, as you become aware of compromises, mmm-hmm, amen, we humbly real. Mmm-hmm. We have this incredible gift, and the sacraments of confession, of prayer, bringing ourselves to O Lord, and knowing that begin again. Now, I begin again. And it's actually that easy to get back in the game and to begin new, you know, and let yourself be covered by a Christ's precious blood, yeah, in the sacrament of confession, and be made new. And, yep.
I think, Sister, and I think that's a huge point, actually. The sacrament of confession is like this, you know, seal the deal. Like, if you're looking for a peace, I just want to say this, anyone, if you're looking for peace, and you haven't gone to confession in a long time, go. Go to confession. Spill everything. Tell everything. Don't hold anything back. Yeah. And it's, he will give you peace. Yes. It's, it's there's nothing like confession. It's almost, it's the sacrament of freedom, as a sacrament of peace. He'll make you a saint. Amen. Actually. And, and, you know, and I love what you're saying too, but all the saints, I think the peace was a mark of all the saints. Whatever the past, you know, I think he's not a saint yet, but Jacques Fesch, the prisoner, the murdered someone, was in prison and converted in prison and was filled with peace and joy. You know, it's power. More you think of them, the martyrs of the French Martyrs of Compiègne, you know, walking to their martyrdom singing because they're so filled with peace, right? You know, or even St. John Fisher, you know, waiting for his martyrdom in the Tower of London. And the guard will come up about, like, six o'clock in the morning on the day of his execution. And St. John Fisher said, "What time is it?" "Six o'clock." "I said, well, when is my execution?" "Nine o'clock." "Oh, I'm going to go back to bed." So he rolled over, back to sleep. It's an exceptional example, but it's like, it's almost like scandalous peace. But actually, Jesus wants to give it to us. Amen. Yeah. And the Father has given us His Son. Mmm-hmm. And as we receive the life of His Son, Jesus Christ, into our own, mmm-hmm, we find it. Mmm-hmm.
So, gosh, Sister, before we go, before we go, challenges, I do. Encouragement, I do. I think I would say, similar to your sandwich story, but I would actually encourage you to come before the Lord, whether that be given church accessible to you, or just somewhere in your room or your house, to just come before the Lord, you know, in silence. And, and, you know, I remember one priest giving the example of, imagine Jesus is there in front of you with a big box, you know, and just put everything in the box. Hmm. So just go through your thoughts, your life, what's weighing on your heart, you know, my job situation, my family, my relationship with my spouse, whatever, you know, my this medical problem I have. Just keep putting everything in the box that chooses this whole thing, you know, giving your worries and concerns to him. Just, I just, yeah, I encourage you to try that this week. Well, and then I just ask, "Lord, give me Your peace." Amen. Yeah. That is beautiful, Sister. Mmm-hmm. That is really beautiful. Mmm-hmm.
I wouldn't, um, I think in closing, it's like, I would say, in the today, throughout the day, just ask the Holy Spirit to give you three opportunities to give of yourself. Mmm. Actually, to make just an act of love or charity, or to give of yourself to another. And, and in that, it's like, it's almost if we're stuck in any ruts, and little things, doing little things with love, it will create momentum, actually, spiritual momentum, and start generating this gift. Because what it gives you back is, is Jesus' love. And just three, the asking the Holy Spirit to, don't even put it on yourself to say, "Holy Spirit, just give me three little opportunities today to to love." I love that. Yeah. And, and it's a powerful gift, just to getting the engines started again, if, if that's what you're looking for. Yeah. I love that. And even the attention of attentiveness to His invitation. Yeah. So love, which is as well, always, and as well as our peace. Amen. Amen.
Well, Sister, this has been a really awesome gift with you. Sister. Gift to be with you, Sister. Would you like to close us in prayer? Sounds great.
In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Jesus, we invite you into our hearts, and we thank you for your presence with us, for your peace, for your calm, for your love. We ask for every grace to turn our hearts over to you, to entrust them to you, to place them in your care, and your loving care, and to know the gift of your peace in the places we desire it most. We thank you ahead of time, Father, for caring for us and providing for us, and into the life of your resurrected Son, Jesus, increase our faith in the power of His resurrection in our lives, and especially those places we desire that power at the most. And we just say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
God bless and keep all of you. Wonderful to be with you, and we'll talk to you next week. Pray. See you next time. This was Let Love Podcast for the Sisters of Life, a religious community of women consecrated for the protection of the sacredness of human life. Be assured of our prayers and learn more at Sisters of Life dot org. [Music]